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Tisdale’s mayor said the largest story of 2016 was the town’s economic growth. “The big highlight of the year was probably the big increase in commercial and industrial building permits,” Al Jellicoe said.

Conventional wisdom is that 2016 was a lousy year for the whole wide world. Terrorism, war, political upheavals and a multitude of celebrity deaths marked the year.

For the Hartman family out of LeRoy it has been a long 19 months. Thanks to a $13,640 donation from the Humboldt Emergency Relief Organization, things have been made a little easier.

Home Hardware was robbed on Dec. 19 at 3:45 pm.

When it comes to land use planning and development, people often think this only applies to urban settings where lot sizes are small, and residential or commercial development is dense, or at the lake.

Year in review 2016

North Battleford Fire Department firefighters were able to protect a home from being ignited by a burning vehicle early Tuesday morning.

Battlefords RCMP responded to more than 43 incidents between 6 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 1 and 6 a.m. Monday, Jan. 2. Sunday, Jan. 1 8:40 a.m. - Members were patrolling the St. Laurent Drive area in an attempt to locate a reported impaired driver.

(With files from Brian Zinchuk, Pipeline News.) The biggest story to hit the city of North Battleford in 2016 began in the overnight hours of July 20 to 21. The next day, the extent of the issue was just becoming known.

Battlefords RCMP responded to more than 65 incidents between Friday, Dec. 30 and Saturday, Dec. 31. Friday, Dec. 30 6:45 a.m. - Report of two semi trucks that had spun out on the Don Ross hill trying to drive up it.